JOE CROWLEY IS ONE OF THE MORE POWERFUL DEMOCRATS.
HE IS CONSIDER THE NUMBER FOUR DEMOCRAT.
HE RAISE A LOT OF MONEY.
AND THEY ARE USUALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE.
I MET JOE CROWLEY ONCE OR TWICE HE SEEMED PLEASANT IN PERSON
FOR THE 90 SECONDS I TALKED TO HIM.
IN THIS CASE CORRUPTION GOES SO DEEP.
IT IS ABOUT THE PERSONALITIES WITH PEOPLE, IT IS ABOUT THE
SYSTEM AND SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION.
THE STORY IS ABOUT CROWLEY AND NOW HIS NEW PRIMARY OPPONENT
AND WHAT AN INTERESTING RACE SHE HAS MADE.
SHE REPRESENTS THE QUEENS AND THE BRONX.
BUT THE STORY IS LARGER THAN THAT.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HOW POLITICS WORKS
OVERALL.
AND THE INTERCEPT A GREAT JOB.
THEY EXPLAINED THAT CROWLEY IS CONSIDERED THE PARTY BOSS
IN
QUEENS.
ONCE AGAIN WE WERE ASSURED THAT THAT WAS THE COINCIDENCE.
A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE CROWLEY FOUND HIMSELF
CAUGHT UP IN AN ETHICS PROBE.
NOW HE WAS CLEARED.
MY GUESS AS TO HOW THOSE PROCEEDINGS WENT ñ DO WE TAKE
MONEY FROM BANKERS?
YES.
WELL THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED.
HE CAN TAKE MONEY FROM THOSE COMPANIES.
THOSE BRIBES ARE NOW CALLED DONATIONS AND INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES.
YOU THINK WALL STREET BANKS GIVE THE POLITICIANS BECAUSE OF
CHARITY?
THOSE BANKS KNOW THAT GUYS LIKE JOE CROWLEY ARE BASICALLY
UNOFFICIAL EMPLOYEES.
WE GIVE YOU THE MONEY AND YOU DO IS YOU ARE TOLD BOY.
THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICANS DO.
PAUL RYAN IS THE BIGGEST BOY THEY HAVE IN CONGRESS.
SO CROWLEY TAKES HIS ORDERS AND DOES AS HE IS TOLD.
LET'S SEE WHAT HE IS DOING IN FUNDRAISING IN THIS CYCLE.
THEY DO VIEW HIM AS AN IMPORTANT FIGURE.
HE IS IN NEW YORK, GOES TO WALL STREET AND TAKES ALL THEIR
MONEY AND SAYS ABSOLUTELY SIR.
DID A BUNCH OF DEMOCRATS VOTED WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO ROLL
BACK DODD FRANK AND TO LET THE BANKS RUN WILD AGAIN.
WHO IS THE PERSON WHO FUNNELED THAT MONEY TO THOSE DEMOCRATS?
JOE WILDE.
YOU COULD'VE VOTED AGAINST THE BAILOUTS BUT YOU DIDN'T.
YOU ARE THE TOP CHEERLEADER FOR THE BAILOUTS.
LET'S EXPLAIN HOW THIS WAS MADE.
THAT IS A TON OF MONEY.
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HARD IT IS TO RAISE MONEY FROM SMALL
DONORS?
GETTING UP TO $1 MILLION IS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE.
THAT IS AN AMAZING RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
NOW WHAT IS THE SECOND HALF?
WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT?
WE WOULD GET SOMEONE JUST LIKE NANCY PELOSI.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS WHERE HE FUNNELS THE MONEY.
HE TAKES THE MONEY FROM WALL STREET AND TAKES A LOT OF IT
FROM CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS AND MODERATE DEMOCRATS.
IS A LOGICAL ONE, BUT IT IS AN EXCUSE.
WHAT ARE THOSE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS DO?
THEY WERE JUST
WITH DONALD TRUMP CELEBRATING
TODAY.
LOOKS LIKE THE MONEY FROM THE BIG BANKS WENT TO JOE CROWLEY.
BUT I'M SURE IF YOU LIVE IN WASHINGTON THEY ARE PURPOSELY
BLIND TO IT.
YOU SAY THAT IS NOT CORRUPTION.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE HONORABLE GENTLEMEN FROM THE
QUEENS AS PART OF THE SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION IS SERVING THE BIG
BANKS?
YES, THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT I AM SAYING.
MORE PERSONAL NEWS FOR THE BIG BANKS.
BLOOMBERG IS THE GUY THAT DID STOP AND FRISK.
QUEENS AND BRONX IS LARGELY MINORITY.
IT HAS RIKERS ISLAND, A TERRIBLE PRISON WITH HORRIBLE ABUSES.
ALMOST ALL THOSE ABUSES GO TOWARDS MINORITIES.
HAS JOE CROWLEY FOUGHT FOR HIS CITIZENS IN THE QUEENS AND
BRONX?
THERE IS A WHOLE MOVEMENT TO SHUT DOWN RIKERS ISLAND.
IS JOE CROWLEY PART OF IT?
NO.
WHEN HE GOES TO BLOOMBERG IS HE GOING TO LET THEM HEAR IT ABOUT
STOP AND FRISK?
NO.
HE IS GOING TO RAISE MONEY WITH MIKE BLOOMBERG, AND HE DID, A
LOT.
HERE IS A DESCRIPTION FROM HIS OPPONENT.
LET ME SHOW YOU ALEXANDRIA.
SHE IS RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE, WE ARE
HONEST AND ARE REPORTING.
I DO SUPPORT ALEXANDRIA, SHE IS EIGHT JUSTICE DEMOCRAT, A
GROUP I HOPE TO START.
I THINK SHE IS A WONDERFUL CANDIDATE FROM THAT DISTRICT AND
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CROWLEY IS A WONDERFUL CANDIDATE.
TODAY PULL IT OUT OF THIN AIR?
NOT REMOTELY.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS.
HE IS A HUGE PART OF A SYSTEM OF CORRUPTION.
SHE IS LOOKING TO OVERTHROW THE SYSTEM.
SHE IS UNCORRUPTED, DOES NOT TAKE ANY CORPORATE PAC MONEY.
LET'S COMPARE THEIR DONORS IN FACT.
LIKE OTHER ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS LIKE DIANE FEINSTEIN
THEY DON'T BOTHER TAKING YOUR
MONEY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SERVE YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME $27?
I AM NOT INTERESTED.
THAT IS WHY CROWLEY DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TRYING TO GET MONEY
FROM YOU.
LESS THAN 1% OF HIS DONATIONS.
SOMEONE ON THE SHOW SAID ACCURATELY EVERYONE REPRESENTS
THEIR DONORS, THE DIFFERENCE FOR HER IS YOU GUYS.
FOR CROWLEY HIS DONORS ARE WALL STREET.
TAKE YOUR PICK.
BEFORE WE GET THERE ñ SHE SUFFERED AND INJUSTICE.
IT TURNS OUT ANY FUNNY AND TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS IT IS
SOMEWHAT CONNECTED TO JOE CROWLEY.
I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW POWER WORKS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
AS IT TURNS OUT ONE OF THE FAMILY THAT STUMBLEUPON THAT IS
HER FATHER.
HE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY.
THEY GO TO A CIRCUIT COURT AND THEY THINK THAT THE COURT IS
GOING TO HELP THEM.
IT TOOK FOR BRUTAL YEARS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT COURT.
ALL ALONG ATTORNEY FEES ARE PILING UP.
MEANWHILE THEY HAD BILLS TO PAY.
THE BANKERS LITERALLY CAME UP AND STARTED TAKING PICTURES OF
THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY WERE
GOING TO SELL IT.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO CROWLEY'S ALLIES MAKE FROM THIS.
BUT ROWLEY AND HIS CRONIES SOMEHOW ALWAYS SURVIVE THE PROS.
THEY EVENTUALLY DID GET THROUGH THAT COURT.
THEY SAW NOT JUST THE INJUSTICE.
SO SHE GOT 5000 SIGNATURES.
HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?
THEN SHE STARTED DOING ALL THESE PROGRESSIVE PROPOSALS LIKE
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
INCLUDING JOE CROWLEY.
SHE DID THAT TWO WEEKS INTO THIS RON.
CROWLEY'S PEOPLE SAY SHE IS NOT MAKING THEM
ANY MORE
PROGRESSIVE.
SHE IS ALWAYS BEEN A PROGRESSIVE ADVOCATE.
HE HAD YEARS UPON YEARS TO SIGN UP FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL AS A
COSPONSOR.
HOW COME HE DIDN'T DO IT?
HE HAD YEARS TO FIGHT AGAINST MONEY AND
POLITICS FOR EXAMPLE AFTER SHE FORCES THEM TO SIGN UP FOR
MEDICARE FOR ALL HE SAYS HE IS ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF IT.
DO YOU REALLY THINK IF YOU LIVE IN QUEENS OF THE BRONX THAT JOE
CROWLEY AFTER THE ELECTION IS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GOING TO REPRESENT WALL STREET
INTERESTS ANYMORE, I'M GOING TO FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR MEDICARE
FOR ALL.
NO, HE IS GOING TO DO NOTHING.
AND THEN WHEN THE REPUBLICANS WIN AGAIN HE WILL SAY THERE
WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO.
THERE IS SOMETHING YOU COULD DO, VOTE.
YOU SHOULD GO VOTE IN ALL OF
THESE ELECTIONS.
PRIMARIES ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN GENERAL
ELECTIONS.
PICK A CANDIDATE THAT REPRESENTS YOU.
WE
WILL
HAVE LINKS DOWN BELOW IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX.
DO YOUR RESEARCH, BACK THAT CANDIDATE, LOOKING TO OTHER
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TAKE YOUR GOVERNMENT BACK.
BE IN CHARGE, THE WAY YOU DO THAT IS BY VOTING.
END THE
CORRUPTION.
YOUNG TURKS.